Episode Description
We sit down with Tanisha Hall aka Queen It Shall Be to talk about choosing kindness as a daily practice and turning creativity into something your whole community can feel. She shares how family history, honest parenting, and building culturally rooted games help her rebuild after loss and keep showing up as the light.
• Growing up between Brooklyn and South Carolina while becoming a poet, dancer, and arts activist
• Meeting her father later in life and acting as the family historian
• Why kids need consistent examples of real kindness
• Compassion as a choice rather than a weakness
• leading creativity at home by dancing every day and letting kids watch the process
• Designing Hillman The Game, Flavor The Game, and Spades Coach to reflect Black culture
• Creating free YouTube guessing games and keeping music and production in the family
• Telling the story of the flash flood and tree crash that destroyed her home
• Speaking up, asking for help, and refusing to let shame win
• Building safe spaces through game nights and learning to promote your art
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